"Inflation is the one thing that, over a long period of time, can turn investors’ results, in aggregate, into a negative figure. And it’s the investors’ enemy." --Warren Buffett [2003, in response to a question about inflation and his article "How Inflation Swindles the Equity Investor"]
Jimmy Pattison Is Serendated Into Canada’s Walk of Fame (video) [H/T Michael ] (LINK)
Paul Anka surprises inductee Jimmy Pattison with a new rendition of “My Way” with special guest singer, Warren Buffett.
Deal-Master Debbane: Meet The Secretive Lebanese Immigrant Behind Oprah’s Weight Watchers Windfall [H/T @NeckarValue] (LINK)
Dirty dealing in the $175 billion Amazon Marketplace (LINK)
Think Electric Vehicles Are Great Now? Just Wait... [H/T @AlexRubalcava] (LINK)
High Insulin Prices Drive Diabetics to Take Extreme Measures (video) (LINK)
Mutual Fund Observer, January 2019 (LINK)
Steve Romick talks with Meb Faber (podcast) (LINK)
IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle - by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (LINK)
How Not To Be Stupid (LINK)
Edge #524: Childhood's End by George Dyson - The 2019 Edge New Year's Essay (LINK)
The digital revolution isn’t over but has turned into something elseThis weekend, China embarks on a historic mission to land on the far side of the Moon (LINK)
Scientists Have Been Studying Cancers in a Very Strange Way for Decades - by Ed Yong (LINK)
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